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Half a dozen chargrilled oysters. The phrase "half a dozen" means six (6) of something, as 6 is half of 12. The idiom "six of one, half a dozen of the other" means two options are of equal worth so choosing one is the same as choosing the other. [12]
Dozen: 12 A collection of twelve things or units from Old French dozaine "a dozen, a number of twelve" in various usages, from doze (12c.) [2] Baker's dozen: 13 From the notion that a baker would include an extra item in a batch of twelve so as not to be accused of shortchanging a customer Half-dozen 6 Six of something Decade: 10
Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other, a 1967 album by Del Reeves; Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other, a 1996 album by Howard Werth; Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other: 1986–2002, a 2005 album by Snuff; Six of One..., a box set by Squeeze that includes their first six albums expanded with bonus tracks; Six of One..., a 2007 EP by Thunder
Pablo d'Ors (born 1963) is a Spanish priest, theologian and writer. He was born in Madrid; his grandfather was the essayist and art critic Eugenio d'Ors. He was educated in New York, Rome, Prague and Vienna. As a novelist, d'Ors has published half a dozen titles. His debut novel Las ideas puras was nominated for the Premio Herralde. [1]
For example, "dozen" serves the function of a noun, "first" serves the function of an adjective, and "twice" serves the function of an adverb. In Old Church Slavonic , the cardinal numbers 5 to 10 were feminine nouns; when quantifying a noun, that noun was declined in the genitive plural like other nouns that followed a noun of quantity (one ...
Tremlett in 2017. Giles E.H. Tremlett (born Plymouth, 1962) [1] is a historian, author and journalist based in Madrid, Spain.. Tremlett is author of five works of history and non-fiction that have been translated into half a dozen languages.
A Singles Collection (released as Six of One, Half-Dozen of the Other in the U.S.) is a compilation album of Marillion singles from both the Fish era and the Steve Hogarth era, celebrating the band's ten-year jubilee (taking 1982, when their debut single was released, as the starting point). It includes the band's six most successful singles of ...
The Guarani languages are a group of half a dozen or so languages in the Tupi–Guarani language family. The best known language in this family is Guarani, one of the national languages of Paraguay, alongside Spanish.